Presenters
Dr Lisa Fraser
Member – RACGP Queensland Council
Lisa is the practice owner and principal GP at Gordonvale Family Medical Centre. Lisa is a member of the RACGP Queensland Council, sits on the AMA Queensland Council of GPs and is treasurer of General Practice Medical Education Inc. Her interests include women's health, mental health and skin cancer medicine. Lisa has two children and shares business ownership with her husband and practice owner, David. When not at work, Lisa enjoys spending time with her Whippets, dog obedience, swimming and cooking.
Dr Emma Keeler
Member – RACGP Business Sustainability Working Group
Emma is a GP in rural WA. Her initial qualifications were in Economics and Science at the Northern Territory University, after which she worked for the Treasury Department in Darwin for four years. Emma then moved to Brisbane to complete a postgraduate medical degree. She worked in a range of different hospital positions before coming to Esperance in 2010 to try rural general practice. Her experience led her to pursue a career as a rural GP. Emma’s special interests include aged care, adult complex medicine and family medicine. In her down time she enjoys a range of activities, including catching up with friends for coffee, reading novels and watching movies.
Dr Bernard Shiu
Director of Geelong Long Covid Clinic and Banksia Medical Centre in Newcomb and Torquay
Dr Bernard Shiu is the Director of Geelong Long Covid Clinic and Banksia Medical Centre in Newcomb and Torquay. He was the winner of the prestigious RACGP GP of the Year Award in 2020 in Victoria. His clinic was awarded the Victorian Clinic of the year in 2023. He was invited to speak at the recent Long Covid Conference in Melbourne on Primary Care management pathway for Long Covid. He is also a member of the National Clinical Evidence Task Force. Dr Shiu established the Australia first community based Long Covid Clinic back in June 2022. His current main clinical and research interests are management of Covid and Long Covid conditions.
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AC
GP – Altona North Medical Group
Mukesh enjoys the diversity that practicing as a GP in Altona North brings and is passionate about making a difference to people’s health. Mukesh has supported his profession and advocated for better health for all at every stage of his medical career. This work has seen him become State and National President of the AMA and Chair of the Council of the World Medical Association. He is a Professor in the School of Medicine at Flinders University, works with Brain Injury Australia and chairs the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Previously he spearheaded clinical and community efforts to use technology in health and worked for State and Federal health committees including the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission.